stalky vs virgate

stalky

adj
  • Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant. 

  • Of a plant, having stalks. 

  • Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person. 

virgate

adj
  • Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches. 

  • Finely striped, often with dark fibers. 

noun
  • The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres. 

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